Are you Fooled by the new Sanitized Santa?

Hello Drannhh, Geeze, it's 7:50 on a Friday night, and you want me to put my thinking cap on? OK, here goes ... To those of you who defile the memory of St. Nick: - Remember that the joy of genuine magic lies in the hearts of our children, who believe in Santa; the embodiment of all that is good and kind to children and adults alike. - The majesty of Christmas lies with tradition. A jolly maker of toys fuels that majesty. If he exclaimed "He, he, he", he would not only be acused of sexism, he would be perceived as a joker. Then folks would be afraid to open wrapped gifts, for fear that something untoward lies within. - Nappy headed, female basketball players didn't exist when St. Nicholas was giving of himself to bring joy to children in Europe. - "Ho, ho, ho" is indicative of a laugh, not a phrase. Some folks cackle when they laugh, some have much heartier, deeper laughs. Hence, banning certain types of laughter equate to discrimination! Instead of going on and on, I will summarize with this: You mess with Santa, and you mess with Peace, Love, Harmony, and Joy. Do you really want that on your conscience????????????????????

no he now has to say ha, ha, ha hey hey hey would be fat albert instead

People and their politically correctness concern me. I propose a new system for people to use instead of it! How about everyone just state things as is, for what they are, the truth, no sugar coating it, watering it down, changing it to suit yourself or your company's purposes...to stop giving a damn who you offend, and start caring who you can help. What is TEH USE, of promoting health by having a skinny Santa, and teaching children not to insult women..if you don't teach them to care about other people? Santa's not obese anyway...he's just plump. He gets around fine, right? Don't be telling him to start drinking slim fast instead of milk V_V slim fast is more fattening than milk anyway, or else it wouldn't be so tasty. Besides. Santa PAWNS slang any day. He existed before it did. He's laughing. Not insulting women. Duh. Some people just need to get over themselves, I think. I've never cared what people think, and I'll continue not doing it. I will always love my round, "hohoho" laughing Santa! And I'm a girl, so people should shut up about his laugh SOMEHOW being offensive! Okay...I'm done ranting lol.

Hello Dear and good morning!!My father as our dear Santa have no intention to start with "he,he,he" instead of traditional "ho,ho,ho"!Whole my life and in whole world Santa had same language "Ho,Ho,Ho"!My family and me haven't any problem with that word!!Our Santa will be as he always was!Ho,Ho,Ho.....Silvana

if im going to be lets say a 6 yr old kid and Santa appears to me and say "Heh! Heh! Heh! instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! on the middle of the night where my brain isnt probably functioning well. i wouldnt know the difference but honestly i would definitely get scared! just think of Santa showing his teeth! LOL! so dont let santa scare kids in the future. LOL! ^-^ We loved him the way he is!

I have never been a fan of Santa Claus to begin with. Although I have left him cookies before and tried to stay up late enough to catch him eating them, still, that didn't last long. I don't like his rosy cheeks, I don't like the twinkle in his eyes, nor do I care for his stupid outfit. I have had to stop watching tv, reading the newspaper, or listening to the radio because the commercialism so intensely annoy me. I am soooo not into 'politically correct'. In my mind it's just a 'polite' way of saying 'a$$ kisser'. Whoever gets voted in though, I think he should be small enough to fit down a friggin' chimney! Yeah, fire Santa and hire one of the elves! Their little green and brown costumes are darling, a bunch of them together could man the sleigh, and they could all fit down the chimney. And rather than the guffawing like some kind of idiot, they would all giggle mischievously.

well, i still prefer the traditional Santa that yells a "ho ho ho" regardless of where he is and who is listening. that's the way Santa used to get the kids attention so why the heck change it??? Santa has been like that for like forever and he has become an icon and also his laugh is already an icon and a trademark so why the heck change it??? if i say to a kid "ho ho ho", he will immediately say that its Santa. if i say "ha ha ha", someone would probably ask me "what's funny?". that's just ridiculous. i say, let Santa be himself and to those too sensitive and self-conscious, back off. ^__^

What is politically incorrect with Santa's Ho Ho Ho?... i can't imagine him laughing with ha ha ha or he he he...i really do not the story behind this but if they are to change this tradition... then they have to like change almost all christmas traditions that we grew up knowing... i think there are more important things to discuss and enact than Santa's laugh... What's next?... his red suit... or Rudolph's red nose...

Well, down in Aussie they are making him say Ha Ha Ha so as not to teach kids about the slang word ho to insult women and they are making him slim and trim so as not to promote obesity in kids. If kids know what ho means, their parents should be clapped silly and I'd be willing to bet that no kid ever said "I want to be fat like santa" and use that as a reason to gain so much weight. Again, the parents are not parenting and not just letting, but assisting the kids to eat unhealthy and get obese. Just another way for parents to be lazy in the peranting department and have an excuse for not taking responsibility.